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AWS::Athena::DataCatalog

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The AWS::Athena::DataCatalog resource specifies an Amazon Athena data catalog, which contains a name, description, type, parameters, and tags. For more information, see DataCatalog in the Amazon Athena API Reference.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::Athena::DataCatalog",
  "Properties" : {
      "ConnectionType" : String,
      "Description" : String,
      "Error" : String,
      "Name" : String,
      "Parameters" : {Key: Value, ...},
      "Status" : String,
      "Tags" : [ Tag, ... ],
      "Type" : String
    }
}

YAML

Type: AWS::Athena::DataCatalog
Properties:
  ConnectionType: String
  Description: String
  Error: String
  Name: String
  Parameters: 
    Key: Value
  Status: String
  Tags: 
    - Tag
  Type: String

Properties

ConnectionType

The type of connection for a FEDERATED data catalog (for example, REDSHIFT, MYSQL, or SQLSERVER). For information about individual connectors, see Available data source connectors.

Required: No

Type: String

Allowed values: DYNAMODB | MYSQL | POSTGRESQL | REDSHIFT | ORACLE | SYNAPSE | SQLSERVER | DB2 | OPENSEARCH | BIGQUERY | GOOGLECLOUDSTORAGE | HBASE | DOCUMENTDB | CMDB | TPCDS | TIMESTREAM | SAPHANA | SNOWFLAKE | DATALAKEGEN2 | DB2AS400

Update requires: No interruption

Description

A description of the data catalog.

Required: No

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 1024

Update requires: No interruption

Error

Text of the error that occurred during data catalog creation or deletion.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: No interruption

Name

The name of the data catalog. The catalog name must be unique for the AWS account and can use a maximum of 128 alphanumeric, underscore, at sign, or hyphen characters.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 256

Update requires: Replacement

Parameters

Specifies the Lambda function or functions to use for the data catalog. The mapping used depends on the catalog type.

  • The HIVE data catalog type uses the following syntax. The metadata-function parameter is required. The sdk-version parameter is optional and defaults to the currently supported version.

    metadata-function=lambda_arn, sdk-version=version_number

  • The LAMBDA data catalog type uses one of the following sets of required parameters, but not both.

    • When one Lambda function processes metadata and another Lambda function reads data, the following syntax is used. Both parameters are required.

      metadata-function=lambda_arn, record-function=lambda_arn

    • A composite Lambda function that processes both metadata and data uses the following syntax.

      function=lambda_arn

  • The GLUE type takes a catalog ID parameter and is required. The catalog_id is the account ID of the AWS account to which the Glue catalog belongs.

    catalog-id=catalog_id

    • The GLUE data catalog type also applies to the default AwsDataCatalog that already exists in your account, of which you can have only one and cannot modify.

Required: No

Type: Object of String

Pattern: .*

Maximum: 51200

Update requires: No interruption

Status

The status of the creation or deletion of the data catalog.

  • The LAMBDA, GLUE, and HIVE data catalog types are created synchronously. Their status is either CREATE_COMPLETE or CREATE_FAILED.

  • The FEDERATED data catalog type is created asynchronously.

Data catalog creation status:

  • CREATE_IN_PROGRESS: Federated data catalog creation in progress.

  • CREATE_COMPLETE: Data catalog creation complete.

  • CREATE_FAILED: Data catalog could not be created.

  • CREATE_FAILED_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS: Federated data catalog creation failed and is being removed.

  • CREATE_FAILED_CLEANUP_COMPLETE: Federated data catalog creation failed and was removed.

  • CREATE_FAILED_CLEANUP_FAILED: Federated data catalog creation failed but could not be removed.

Data catalog deletion status:

  • DELETE_IN_PROGRESS: Federated data catalog deletion in progress.

  • DELETE_COMPLETE: Federated data catalog deleted.

  • DELETE_FAILED: Federated data catalog could not be deleted.

Required: No

Type: String

Allowed values: CREATE_IN_PROGRESS | CREATE_COMPLETE | CREATE_FAILED | CREATE_FAILED_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS | CREATE_FAILED_CLEANUP_COMPLETE | CREATE_FAILED_CLEANUP_FAILED | DELETE_IN_PROGRESS | DELETE_COMPLETE | DELETE_FAILED

Update requires: No interruption

Tags

The tags (key-value pairs) to associate with this resource.

Required: No

Type: Array of Tag

Update requires: No interruption

Type

The type of data catalog: LAMBDA for a federated catalog, GLUE for AWS Glue Catalog, or HIVE for an external hive metastore.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Allowed values: LAMBDA | GLUE | HIVE | FEDERATED

Update requires: No interruption

Return values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the name of the data catalog.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Examples

Create an Athena data catalog

The following example template creates a custom Hive data catalog in Athena.

JSON

{
    "Resources":{
        "MyAthenaDataCatalog":{
            "Type":"AWS::Athena::DataCatalog",
            "Properties":{
                "Name":"MyCustomDataCatalog",
                "Type":"HIVE",
                "Description":"Custom Hive Catalog Description",
                "Tags":[
                    {
                        "Key":"key1",
                        "Value":"value1"
                    },
                    {
                        "Key":"key2",
                        "Value":"value2"
                    }
                ],
                "Parameters":{
                    "metadata-function":"arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:111122223333:function:lambdaname"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

YAML

Resources:
  MyAthenaDataCatalog:
    Type: AWS::Athena::DataCatalog
    Properties:
      Name: MyCustomDataCatalog
      Type: HIVE
      Description: Custom Hive Catalog Description
      Tags:
        - Key: "key1"
          Value: "value1"
        - Key: "key2"
          Value: "value2"
      Parameters:
        metadata-function: "arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:111122223333:function:lambdaname"

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